India's 18-year-old Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is on his way to achieving big. The FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 final tie-breaker match between Praggnanandhaa and World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway will be played today on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan from 4:30 PM IST.
In the first game, the Indian Grandmaster managed to hold Magnus Carlsen to a draw. After that, on Wednesday, their second game also ended in draw. Both players agreed to a draw after 30 moves. The winner of the competition will be decided in the tie-breaker that will be contested on Thursday. India last won the Chess World Cup in the year 2002.
The final had to be pushed to tie-breaks after both India's teenage prodigy Praggnanandhaa and the Carlsen ended their two classical games in draws. Carlsen had the white pieces in the second game but could not take advantage of that.
Unlike the Game 1 and Game 2, the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 in deciding their moves and the time-bound activities would see at least one of them make a mistake under pressure. Praggnanandhaa, who has already beaten the World No. 3 Fabio Caruana in the semi-finals via tie-breaks, could consider himself a slight favorite against Carlsen in the final.
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